Dispensing device for adhesive-backed articles

A bandage strip dispensing assembly, comprising:

• a continuous sheet, said sheet containing one or more removable, individual adhesive bandage strips;
• a dispenser, said dispenser configured to allow access to at least one of said adhesive bandage strips with the use of one hand;
• means for supporting each of said individual adhesive bandage strips while each of said individual adhesive bandage strips is being removed from said dispenser and said continuous sheet with the use of one hand and while being applied to a desired location in a sterile condition with the use of one hand, said dispenser further configured to anchor said continuous sheet in a fixed position while said means for supporting said individual adhesive bandage strips and said individual adhesive bandage strips are being removed from said continuous sheet;
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• means for removing said means for supporting each of said individual bandage strips with one hand from each of said individual adhesive bandage strips once each of said individual adhesive bandage strips has been applied to said desired location.

An assemblage of packaged adhesive-backed articles, comprising:

• a plurality of adhesive-backed articles, each said adhesive-backed article having top and bottom surfaces and a first adhesive disposed on at least a portion of said bottom surface;
• a backing layer having a top surface, said bottom surface of each of said adhesive-backed articles being removably bonded to said top surface of said backing layer by a first bond formed by said first adhesive;
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• a plurality of discrete support sheets, each support sheet having a bottom surface and a second adhesive disposed on at least a portion of said bottom surface, said top surface of each said adhesive-backed article being removably bonded to a said bottom surface of a respective support sheet by a second bond formed by said second adhesive, said bottom surface of each said support sheet being removably bonded to the portion of said backing layer surrounding a respective adhesive-backed article,
• said second bond being stronger than said first bond such that when each said support sheet is separated from said backing layer, one of said adhesive-backed articles remains affixed to said support sheet, each said support sheet configured to allow removal of one adhesive-backed article from said backing layer with the use of one hand and to allow the application of said adhesive-backed article to a recipient surface in a sterile condition with the use of one hand,
• said second bond being weaker than a bond formed between said first adhesive on said bottom surface of one of said adhesive-backed articles and said recipient surface to which it is applied.

A bandage strip dispensing assembly, comprising:

• a continuous sheet;
• one or more individual adhesive bandage strips removably mounted to said continuous sheet, said continuous sheet removably anchored in a fixed position;
• means for supporting each of said individual adhesive bandage strips while each of said individual adhesive bandage strips is being removed from said continuous sheet with the use of one hand and while being applied to a desired location in a sterile condition with the use of one hand, said continuous sheet anchored in a fixed position to allow the removal of said individual adhesive bandage strips and said means for supporting said individual adhesive bandage strips from said continuous sheet;
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• means for removing said means for supporting each of said individual bandage strips with one hand from each of said individual adhesive bandage strips once each of said individual adhesive bandage strips has been applied to said desired location.